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Saturday, November 28, 1908. THE DE8BRET FARMER . I
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SUGAR BBETS
PROBLEMS OF BEET CULTURE
SILOING.
By Jesse H. BufFum.
(Continued from page 7.)
There are other drawbacks of a
iiilnpr nature not enumerated. The
fault lies not with the fact of siloing
so much as with the system now in
vogue. There is a general principle
worked out in this kind of treatment
of beets, with variations originating
with different individuals.
In the first place, farmers claim that
n considerable loss of weight results
ffom siloing, and the claim is true.
One or two experiment stations have
conducted tests for determining the
exact loss thus occurring, and have
made the discovery that beets placed
in crucibles, concrete bins, air tight
or, similar receptacles suffer very lit
tle diminution in weight through eva
poration, while those exposed direct
ly to air and light lose heavily. On
the other hand, those that are cov
ered in the usual manner with two
to four inches of soil arc reduced in
weight to a moderate extent. The re
sult of this experiment went to prove
that siloing might some day be made
practical, through some advanced
method, and entailing but slight loss
t6 cither factory or grower. Certain-
fulness as good milkers in the dairy,
and not for the production of beef,
as that should be largely in another
line of business.
Where dairying is followed the year
round, then it would be well to have
cows come fresh in milk at different
periods, so as to furnish a more uni
form supply during the year.
As the Middle West is so well sup
plied with markets for daily products
in all directions, there is no reason
why with its natural resources it
should not be made a most successful
dairy region and be particularly
adapted to winter dairying.
E. R. TOWLE,
Franklin Co., Vt.
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S. J. LUNT,
Nephi, Utah.
ly the tighter and more secure the in
clostirc in which the beets arc stored,
the greater the reduction of loss
through evaporation.
In practical usage it is noticed that
siloing in many instances increases
the tare somewhat because dirt that
cities and adheres to the beet in that
condition is not so easily removed
and about the only means the opera
tor has of decreasing the tare is to
strike the beets together as they arc
handled. This, however, is a minor
objection.
Probably the strongest objection
raised and the one hardest to meet
on the part of advocates of the silo is
the extra handling entailed. Certainly
this is a very large item; and figures
run high in making an estimate of the
added cost. It is impractical to ex
pect that the toppers, where siloing
is anticipated, can so govern their
work as to pile the beets in ricks as
they throw them together. The win
rows for siloing arc so far apart and
the area of the field is so greatly di
minished by condensing of the ton
nage into these winrows, that addi-
tional handling is unavoidable in most
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cases. Added to this is the uncover
ing and loading when it comes to cart
ing away,
It is usually an unwelcome task to
cover these silo beets. The method
generally employed is to plow up a
few furrows on each side of the con
gregated beets, whether they be in
circular piles or ricks, this loose dirt
being used to throw upon the beets.
It is never permissible to place straw,
beet tops or old hay whatever mate
rial is used) next to the beets, but
these or their substitute arc profitably
used as a blanket outside the first lay
er of dirt, to be in turn covered with
more of the soil. This method is
quite generally employed, but at best
is a makeshift and unsatisfactory to
all concerned. Should leaves or
straw or like substances be placed di
rectly against the beets, they will ad
here disastrously and become a source
of great annoyance inside the factory.
Vents of small caliber should be left
at the top to permit of enough egress
of air for sanitation.
It is safe to venture, in considering
another phase of dissatisfaction with
siloing, that the majority of beet grow
ers arc, in common parlance, "hard
up" at the end of the season, and in
great need of returns from their beets.
This should have no part ih theoreti-
cal discussions, but is of considerable
magnitude when it comes to the ap-
plication of said theories. For the
beet grower is as human as any man
of the soil, and has made a consider-
able investment -covering five or six
months and has waited that length of
time for returns on his soil. The dc-
lay of pay day even a month is to him
a large item in the consideration of
siloing as a practical proposition.
Most factories are conducted on the
plan of advancing part of the ncccs-
sary expense incurred in growing the
beets, but it would be another matter
for them to advance additional money
on undelivered beets. H
One of the foremost drawbacks en-
countered in siloing is the occupancy
of valuable field space. In the first
place, that particular patch was chos-
en for beets because it was one of the
best on the farm and would net big-
gest returns in this crop. Logically,
thenj it is to play an important and
conspicuous part in the coming sea-
son. The farmer, if he be at all a I
capable beet grower, wants badly to I
get onto that field to cither prepare
it for next season or sow it to some
(Continued on page 11.)
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